Election 2020: You’ll account for every bullet fired – Ablakwa to IGP
North Tongu lawmaker, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said he has officially petitioned the Speaker of Parliament to invite the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to explain the causes of shootings and killings that occurred during the recently-held presidential and parliamentary elections.
Mr Ablakwa said in a statement that these alleged killings must be investigated thoroughly and the culprits punished severely.
He said “I formally requested that the IGP be summoned to appear before the House as the head of the 2020 Elections Security Task Force responsible for the numerous security infractions and excesses that have led to the brutal killings of at 6 young Ghanaians and left cores fighting for their lives in hospitals across the country.
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 09:30 This photo was shared on social media yesterday with the following words: Ons wou net n draairoomys by Heroldsbaai gaan eet, mag glad nie daar inry nie. Belaglik. Hul keer almal voor. Net Heroldsbaai se inwoners. Mag nie eers strand toe stap nie.
GARDDEN ROUTE NEWS - The rate of Covid-19 infections in the Garden Route has been slowing down over the past week.
Head of Disaster Management Gerhard Otto shared this news yesterday, saying that the rate of infection two weeks ago was 1 to 2 (one person infecting two others), but that figures in the district currently point to a ratio of 1 to 1 (thus one person infecting one other).
Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), Emmanuel Akwetey
It is important that the Inspector-General of Police and his administration bring the suspects who murdered some voters across the country during the recently-held general elections, to book, Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, has said.
According to the National Election Security Taskforce, five people were killed during the elections.
They died between the 7th and 9th December from 61 recorded cases of electoral and post-electoral incidents nationwide – most of them involving gunshots, the Joint Operation Centre of the National Election Security Taskforce (NESTF) noted.
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Election 2020: We’ll deal decisively with you’ – IGP warns troublemakers
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has warned that the security agencies will deal “decisively” with any troublemakers in the aftermath of the 7 December 2020 polls.
Mr Oppong-Boanuh, who is also the Chairman of the National Election Security Taskforce told journalists on Thursday, 10 December 2020 that: “I want to assure all abiding Ghanaians that appropriate security measures have been put in place to guarantee their security and safety in accordance with our mandate”.
“We will continue to maintain law and order in the post-election period to ensure that people go around their normal activities without intimidation and attacks”.